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jon, good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening, dan. well, the house and the senate have spent the last 24 hours on a series of showboats on bills that have no chance of passing. but republican leaders say they're fully engaged with the white house. and have spoken with the president this afternoon to try to find a way to break the impasse. finally, signs of progress.. >> i'm confident and optimistic that we're going to get an agreement in the very near future and resolve this crisis. >> in spite of our differences, we're dealing with reasonable, responsible people, who want this crisis to end as quickly as possible. and i'm confident we will. >> reporter: you wouldn't know it by looking at what congress is actually doing. >> the american people are looking for a real solution. >> reporter: the house spent the day voting down the bill offered by senate democrats, even though the senate hadn't passed it yet. >> there is absolutely no excuse for this reckless, unpatriotic behavior on the part of the republicans. >> let it be clear, as god
jon, good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening, dan. well, the house and the senate have spent the last 24 hours on a series of showboats on bills that have no chance of passing. but republican leaders say they're fully engaged with the white house. and have spoken with the president this afternoon to try to find a way to break the impasse. finally, signs of progress.. >> i'm confident and optimistic that we're going to get an agreement in the very near future and resolve this...
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budget director jack lew and senator jon kyl. two people who are around the negotiating table. in the meantime, also the report about wanting to go back to the grand bargain. president said he wanted to do that. speaker boehner said he wants to do that. the question is whether they can get elements on board to pass such a thing. that also is something that is being required right now by the ratings agency. moodys. standards & poors. said they must have some credible deficit reduction plan, 4 trillion or so over the next 10 years because of the way they are looking at the u.s. dollar and threatening to downgrade u.s. credit worthiness, and that would be -- add to the catastrophic woes a default can bring. >> the administration said itself if we don't have a plan by this friday, we will not meet the august 2nd deadline. all right. cristiane, a lot of tension there in washington. be sure to join christiane where she sits down with office of management and budget, jacob lew and senate minority whip jon kyl on "this week." >> for a check of the morning top stories, filling in for ro
budget director jack lew and senator jon kyl. two people who are around the negotiating table. in the meantime, also the report about wanting to go back to the grand bargain. president said he wanted to do that. speaker boehner said he wants to do that. the question is whether they can get elements on board to pass such a thing. that also is something that is being required right now by the ratings agency. moodys. standards & poors. said they must have some credible deficit reduction plan,...
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a lot of frustration across the country on this one, jon. thanks so much. >>> and still ahead here on "world news" this friday night, the queen and kate giving us a tour at buckingham palace. and the wedding dress. what surprised our reporter when he saw it? >>> the good life tonight. more of the boomers this evening. and this time, they're reinventing their bodies. meet the boomer putting our claire shipman through the ringer. >>> and, later tonight, you've got to see this. the little boy, the baseball captured in the stands -- and what none of us saw coming next. to keep in balance after 50, i switched to a complete multivitamin with more. only one a day women's 50+ advantage has ginkgo for memory and concentration, plus support for bone and breast health. a great addition to my routine. [ female announcer ] one a day women's. we throw out over $500 in food ziploc preevery year.gic. help save more of it with ziploc freezer bags featuring the smartzip seal. edge-to-edge protection you can hear. get ziploc and get more out of it. [ female an
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so, jon, what is next here? >> reporter: josh, speaker boehner has just finished speaked the a group of 240 house republicans in a private meeting. and i'm told he went and made an impassioned appeal, onene last appeal, to get in line and support his plan to raise the debt ceiling. i'm told that he said, quote, i am a happy warrior. i love everyone here. but he said he's got to have their support for this because if they don't support this, the options that come later will be far worse. he still has to convince some of those republicans who don't want any debt ceiling, however, to go along with this. meanwhile, in the senate, democrats say it is absolutely dead. so, we are not at the end game here yet. what happens next is really anybody's guess. josh? >> all eyes and many angry voters turning their attention, now, to the capitol. the deadline, again, tuesday. jon karl, with the very latest from washington. >>> meanwhile, the standoff there comes as we get more discouraging news about the economy. figures out th
so, jon, what is next here? >> reporter: josh, speaker boehner has just finished speaked the a group of 240 house republicans in a private meeting. and i'm told he went and made an impassioned appeal, onene last appeal, to get in line and support his plan to raise the debt ceiling. i'm told that he said, quote, i am a happy warrior. i love everyone here. but he said he's got to have their support for this because if they don't support this, the options that come later will be far worse....
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jon karl is back. >> here we are. we are going to try to see if the five of you in an hour's time can come up with a solution somehow washington seems utterly incapable of coming up with. >> reporter: with that, we got to work. five americans, views ranging from tea party to liberal democrat. rcould they agree on cuts tallyip tallying tallyi? that would be enough forpre break the stalemate. >> one of the proposals out there is to eliminate the memo mortgage deductions. it would be $1 trillion. >> i think it's not a good idea. for many americans that's the only deduction they have. >> i think we shouldn't be doing anything to disincentivize people from buying houses right now. >> how about raising taxes on the wealthy? eliminap eliminate telimelx eliminap eliminate telime peopr ppeople making up? yyou like that idea? >> yes. >> it'r >> it's np>> i, itp it's two professional earning a dual income. >> it's not just smama businesses, it's two professional people earning a dual income. it's not going to hurt the economy. >
jon karl is back. >> here we are. we are going to try to see if the five of you in an hour's time can come up with a solution somehow washington seems utterly incapable of coming up with. >> reporter: with that, we got to work. five americans, views ranging from tea party to liberal democrat. rcould they agree on cuts tallyip tallying tallyi? that would be enough forpre break the stalemate. >> one of the proposals out there is to eliminate the memo mortgage deductions. it...
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good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning. the details are still being worked out and nobody has signed on the dotted line yet. they still need to see if it will fly with their membership, but they decided on this, a debt ceiling increase of $4.4 trillion. that's enough to get the president past the next presidential election. there would be immediate cuts agrewed to over the next ten years of $1 trillion. then a committee is established. a special congressional committee, that would recommend cuts of a trillion dollars more. the key thing with that committee, bianna, if congress did not act on those recommendations, there would be automatic spending cuts that would take place that would be uncomfortable for both sides. again, details still being worked out. not final yet. but that's the framework that's emerging. >> at least there's a framework they are dealing with. dan said earlier in the show, something, some sign of hope in washington this morning. all right. thank you. dan. >> still fragile but some signs of hope. >>> an
good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning. the details are still being worked out and nobody has signed on the dotted line yet. they still need to see if it will fly with their membership, but they decided on this, a debt ceiling increase of $4.4 trillion. that's enough to get the president past the next presidential election. there would be immediate cuts agrewed to over the next ten years of $1 trillion. then a committee is established. a special congressional committee, that would...
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and jon, you've been digging into what's been going on behind the scenes here and you told me, you have the president and republican house speaker john boehner actually close to a deal and then what happened? >> reporter: that's right. they were both ready to at least begin talking about this big deal, but what happened is, speaker boehner faced the opposition, not only from tea party members of congress, but from his own leadership. eric cantor, the number two republican in the house, actually told him point blank that he would not support such a big deal if it included anything that could be called tax increases. and cantor said, not only will you not have his support, but he would lose many, many republicans in the house. >> and jon, it was not only eric cantor on the republican side, but nancy pelosi on the democratic side giving the president trouble. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. and i've spoken to a lot of top democratic leaders about this. former speaker pelosi made it clear that she was not going to support anything that would touch medicare or social security. and the reason
and jon, you've been digging into what's been going on behind the scenes here and you told me, you have the president and republican house speaker john boehner actually close to a deal and then what happened? >> reporter: that's right. they were both ready to at least begin talking about this big deal, but what happened is, speaker boehner faced the opposition, not only from tea party members of congress, but from his own leadership. eric cantor, the number two republican in the house,...
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jon, we've got the boehner plan and the reid plan. everybody in washington knows neither of these things can pass, so what, if anything, is being done right now to craft some sort of compromise? >> reporter: well, there are, as you heard jim mention, quiet negotiations going on between harry reid and mitch mcconnell. trying to find middle ground. mitch mcconnell has been on the phone several times, a many told, with vice president biden over the last several days. they are trying to find one last-ditch effort to get what everybody knows needs to happen, dan, and that is something that has bipartisan support. i got to tell you, though, the atmosphere is so poisoned here, the question is, once they get that agreement, can they pass it? >> well, let me pick up on that because there's been so much tough talk, even some trash talk, i wonder if there is another wiggle room rhetorically for r e hard-liners on either side to back down. >> reporter: well, i think there -- maybe not the hard-liners, but i think there actually is wiggle room bec
jon, we've got the boehner plan and the reid plan. everybody in washington knows neither of these things can pass, so what, if anything, is being done right now to craft some sort of compromise? >> reporter: well, there are, as you heard jim mention, quiet negotiations going on between harry reid and mitch mcconnell. trying to find middle ground. mitch mcconnell has been on the phone several times, a many told, with vice president biden over the last several days. they are trying to find...
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abc's jon karl joins us now, from washington, with the latest. what about it? how close are we finally to a deal? >> reporter: getting close to a deal with the house speaker, john boehner. the outlines of this deal include up to $3 trillion in spending cuts over the next ten years including some cuts to popular entitlement programs like medicare and social security. also, elizabeth, it would include a promise or a commitment that congress would bring more money in through tax revenues by reforming the code, closing some of those loopholes. that's something that congress would act on over this last year. >> that last one, isn't that disguise? a tax increase in >> reporter: well, certainly some will call it that. the rates won't go up. congress would have to act over the next year. if they didn't ago, automatic steps would be taken that both sides wouldn't like which would be tax hikes and spending cuts. possibly, elizabeth, they're talking about repealing part of the health care bill. >> even if president obama and speaker boehner reach a deal they have their ow
abc's jon karl joins us now, from washington, with the latest. what about it? how close are we finally to a deal? >> reporter: getting close to a deal with the house speaker, john boehner. the outlines of this deal include up to $3 trillion in spending cuts over the next ten years including some cuts to popular entitlement programs like medicare and social security. also, elizabeth, it would include a promise or a commitment that congress would bring more money in through tax revenues by...
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. >> neither side budged at the meeting that followed so let's bring in jake tapper and jon karl from capitol hill. jon, they tried to work on a smaller reduction deal but that didn't go much better. >> reporter: the divide is as deep as ever. they outlined 1.7trillion cuts, not enough but democrats called it completely unacceptable because it included cuts to medicare and no tax revenue increases. steny hoyer said he couldn't get a senior democratic vote for a plan. >> that means that it couldn't pass. courthouse have any idnew ideas >> reporter: they're pushing for the big deal, a lot of pain at one, entitle tks. president obama outlined the plan and said, you can't expect seniors to give up $500 when you went own ask for $5 from people like me. wealthy individuals. >> jon, the leader mitchell mcconnell is looking at a contingency plan which could be a short-term extension. >> reporter: he's tight-lipped about what they mean. they could give him a chance to accept that which he ruled out or one with no tax increases. >> the president very clear on that. >> reporter: he said he's not
. >> neither side budged at the meeting that followed so let's bring in jake tapper and jon karl from capitol hill. jon, they tried to work on a smaller reduction deal but that didn't go much better. >> reporter: the divide is as deep as ever. they outlined 1.7trillion cuts, not enough but democrats called it completely unacceptable because it included cuts to medicare and no tax revenue increases. steny hoyer said he couldn't get a senior democratic vote for a plan. >> that...
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jon jay, the founding father, he comes on home, cardinals out in front, it's 3-1. top six now, astros up 5-3. carlos lee, el caballo, he can hit, that's gone to left. astro, they go on to get the "w," 5-3 your final count. that'll do it for us. i'm cole wright, and don't forget, for the latest on the sports scene check out the highlight express. >>> the raiders will have a grandma cheering them on from the sidelines, but she's not related to any of them this. this is susie sanchez, the newest member of the team's cheerleading squad. >> sanchez is 37, a mother of three and grandmother of one, pretty good-looking grandmother and it's been her lifelong dream to make the squad. so she tried out year after year and finally this one, she made it. >> congrgrulations, i like to see that. age is a state of mind. >>> well up next, the stories we'll be following later including late night drama on capitol hill. will republicans bring their debt legislation to a vote today? stay with us. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u
jon jay, the founding father, he comes on home, cardinals out in front, it's 3-1. top six now, astros up 5-3. carlos lee, el caballo, he can hit, that's gone to left. astro, they go on to get the "w," 5-3 your final count. that'll do it for us. i'm cole wright, and don't forget, for the latest on the sports scene check out the highlight express. >>> the raiders will have a grandma cheering them on from the sidelines, but she's not related to any of them this. this is susie...
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good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. there is no presidential candidate with more momentum right now than michele bachmann. ♪ my home in -- >> reporter: no republican presidential candidate has taken a harder line on the debt ceiling showdown than michele bachmann. >> we were all shocked and appalled that president obamama dangled out in front of the cameras that senior citizens may not get their checks. that's a very dangerous statement to make. we don't believe -- excuse me. excuse me. we don't believe that for a moment. >> reporter: tough talk from bachmann is nothing new but she now speaks with new-found authority as a top tier contender for the republican presidential nomination. a new national poll puts bachmann firmly in second place as the leading challenger to front-runner mitt romney. and in key first caucus state iowa, three separate polls over the past week put bachmann in first place. >> republican primary voters are looking for somebody who has -- brings some excitement, who brings something different to
good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. there is no presidential candidate with more momentum right now than michele bachmann. ♪ my home in -- >> reporter: no republican presidential candidate has taken a harder line on the debt ceiling showdown than michele bachmann. >> we were all shocked and appalled that president obamama dangled out in front of the cameras that senior citizens may not get their checks. that's a very dangerous statement to make. we don't...
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jon karl on capitol hill. bianna golodryga from the new york stock exchange. looking at the asian and european markets overnight, there seems to be concern but not panic yet, bianna. >> reporter: that's right. wall street seems to be patient with washington. markets opening blower. just about 130 points lower. not the knee jerk reaction that people were fearful of. things are still at an impasse. even though the markets aren't selling off, people are concerned about what's still on the table a credit downgrade. the s&p says the u.s. could lose its aaa ratings in the next three months. that would mean that interest rates go higher. it would be more difficult for people to get a loan out there. and it could be a big burden for this economy, as we're just starting to recover. george? >> jon, they had been hoping on capitol hill to come up with some sort of deal before the markets opened today. that has not happened. it seems, the only thing that everyone seems to be accepting that any deal won't include any new tax increases. >> that's the big deal. but the two s
jon karl on capitol hill. bianna golodryga from the new york stock exchange. looking at the asian and european markets overnight, there seems to be concern but not panic yet, bianna. >> reporter: that's right. wall street seems to be patient with washington. markets opening blower. just about 130 points lower. not the knee jerk reaction that people were fearful of. things are still at an impasse. even though the markets aren't selling off, people are concerned about what's still on the...
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and tomorrow on "this week," arizona republican senator, jon kyl, among the guests. intimately involved in those behind-the-scenes talks. >>> we turn overseas tonight and to a cry for help from one of the most desperate places on earth. hundreds of thousands of families, mothers and children, fleeing the drought in somalia. abc news is the first network to report from the scene. tonight, our lama hasan reports on the disaster in the desert. she's in kenya, at a refugee camp bursting at the seams tonight. >> reporter: they are exhausted. starving and desperate for help. >> the drought is turning one of the world's worst humanitarian crises into a human tragedy of unimaginable proportion. >> reporter: these families are carrying only what they can. their malnourished kids. they have survived an agonizing journey. little food or water, through dusty, desolate land. >> our children are dying. this one just died in my arms. >> reporter: these somali refugees have just arrived here. they've been walking for weeks get food and water. at a nearby camp, we find mukhtar with h
and tomorrow on "this week," arizona republican senator, jon kyl, among the guests. intimately involved in those behind-the-scenes talks. >>> we turn overseas tonight and to a cry for help from one of the most desperate places on earth. hundreds of thousands of families, mothers and children, fleeing the drought in somalia. abc news is the first network to report from the scene. tonight, our lama hasan reports on the disaster in the desert. she's in kenya, at a refugee camp...
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. >> reporter: that jon stewart dubbed it toemageddon 2011. >> really? >> it's a big deal to see boys in pink because it's not the cultural convention. but it's nothing hardwired. boys are not innately aversive to pink, girls are not innately attracted to pink. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: so along with greg we invited a few other dads whose sons have varied interests and preferences to start an open dialogue about the gender color wars. >> in a perfect world you had your choice, would you rather your son grabbing for the pink shirt or the blue shir >> i'd want him to go to the one he was drawn to. >> i follow my child's lead. because it's not really the point of what i like, it's the point what was my child likes. >> i prefer my child to choose blue. but if he wants to choose the pink shirt over the blue shirt, that's up to him. >> i think the reason parents are uncomfortable with putting boys in pink is frankly they think, it will make him gay. we're all -- people are still homophobic although i think it's changing rapidly. >> reporter: next we as
. >> reporter: that jon stewart dubbed it toemageddon 2011. >> really? >> it's a big deal to see boys in pink because it's not the cultural convention. but it's nothing hardwired. boys are not innately aversive to pink, girls are not innately attracted to pink. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: so along with greg we invited a few other dads whose sons have varied interests and preferences to start an open dialogue about the gender color wars. >> in a perfect...
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. >> jon, thank you very much. joining me to discuss the road ahead is the white house chief of staff bill daley. thank you very much for joining us. you've heard what jon said. you've seen what speaker boehner has done last night. what's your reaction to the deal being pulled right now? >> it's very unfortunate the speaker made the comments he has. the president is committtt to solving this deficit possible for the future of america. he's looking forward to the meeting to play out his case. he's saying, it is time now to make the tough decisions. in this town, generally they kick the can. nobody wants to do the tough things. he's committed to do that. he's not giving up on trying to bring economic sanity to the city and that's his goal. >> is he still committed to the mega-deal, so to speak? because this is what is floated in the last several days that speaker boehner said no longer possible. will the president continue to push for that? >> the president believes it is time to solve this problem. time to give conf
. >> jon, thank you very much. joining me to discuss the road ahead is the white house chief of staff bill daley. thank you very much for joining us. you've heard what jon said. you've seen what speaker boehner has done last night. what's your reaction to the deal being pulled right now? >> it's very unfortunate the speaker made the comments he has. the president is committtt to solving this deficit possible for the future of america. he's looking forward to the meeting to play out...
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abc's jon karl is covering it from capitol hill. jon, we are seeing fire from the house speaker. >> reporter: we sure are. this vote today on his debt ceiling plan is the highest-stakes vote of his term as speaker of the house. and he is doing everything he can to get those tea partyers in line. john boehner is now demanding republicans stand with their party. in a closed-door meeting, he had a stern message for tea partiers who just don't like his debt ceiling plan. boehner told them get your ass in line, sources at the meeting tell abc news. this comes a day after another republican leader attempted to rally the troops with a clip from the movie "the town." >> i need your help. i can't tell you what it is. you can never ask me about it later. and we're going to hurt some people. >> which car are we going to take? >> reporter: allen west liked what he heard. >> i told him i would drive the car. >> they could have used "rudy," "hoosiers," "band of brothers." but this was the choice that they made. >> t ts is a movie. this is not rea
abc's jon karl is covering it from capitol hill. jon, we are seeing fire from the house speaker. >> reporter: we sure are. this vote today on his debt ceiling plan is the highest-stakes vote of his term as speaker of the house. and he is doing everything he can to get those tea partyers in line. john boehner is now demanding republicans stand with their party. in a closed-door meeting, he had a stern message for tea partiers who just don't like his debt ceiling plan. boehner told them get...
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good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. we are reaching crisis time here on capitol hill. the republicans delayed a vote on their bill in the house because they don't even have enough republican votes to pass their own bill. democrats don't have the votes to pass their bill, either. the only thing certain up here right now is that everything is in doubt. >> we appreciate you calling. >> reporter: the calls are pouring in. plenty of outrage. but like congress itself, the callers seem hopelessly divided. >> i would really like for him to hold the line against any deal in congress. >> i am calling to ask that you cooperatatwith the president's efforts. >> reporter: the whole place seems to have broken down. republicans can't even convince some of their own members to vote for the republican plan. in a closed door meeting, republican leader eric cantor told fellow conservatives to, quote, stop whining and support the bill. acknowledging, quote, the debt limit vote sucks. across the country, that's the view of washington itself.
good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. we are reaching crisis time here on capitol hill. the republicans delayed a vote on their bill in the house because they don't even have enough republican votes to pass their own bill. democrats don't have the votes to pass their bill, either. the only thing certain up here right now is that everything is in doubt. >> we appreciate you calling. >> reporter: the calls are pouring in. plenty of outrage. but like congress...
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former utah gove november jon huntsman. most americans know him as the candidate who americans don't know. this is him. as you can see, his quality cases to be president include having gray hair, having an american flag in the background of his office to stand in front of. he's got my vote. governor huntsman announcement puts him somewhere between ron paul and count chocula as the favorite to win the gop nomination. [ applause ] really, at this point, if you're white and own a suit with an american flag pin on it, you're automatically a republican candidate for president. meanwhile, to no one's surprise, on the "today" show this morning, john mccain, the senator from arizona, said he will not be running in 2012. or walking, for that matter. [ laughter ] he just -- going to get one of those scooters and drive around. this is good. you know how when, on the news, they're about to go to commercial and they talk about all the stories they have coming up. they call it a tease. well, our local kcal news here in los angeles was te
former utah gove november jon huntsman. most americans know him as the candidate who americans don't know. this is him. as you can see, his quality cases to be president include having gray hair, having an american flag in the background of his office to stand in front of. he's got my vote. governor huntsman announcement puts him somewhere between ron paul and count chocula as the favorite to win the gop nomination. [ applause ] really, at this point, if you're white and own a suit with an...